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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2013-02-05 07:59:22 +0100
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2013-02-05 07:59:22 +0100
commit604d11d99180806d94a9c48d76f96428dc5bcaa5 (patch)
treef4853faccfb144706dd10be1c469d726643bf072 /Documentation
parentMerge tag 'bcm2835-for-3.9-dt' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/g... (diff)
parentLinux 3.8-rc6 (diff)
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Merge tag 'v3.8-rc6' into next/dt
Linux 3.8-rc6
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt1
-rw-r--r--[-rwxr-xr-x]Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt4
4 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
index 728c38c242d6..56fb62b09fc5 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
@@ -141,3 +141,4 @@ Version History
1.2.0 Handle creation of arrays that contain failed devices.
1.3.0 Added support for RAID 10
1.3.1 Allow device replacement/rebuild for RAID 10
+1.3.2 Fix/improve redundancy checking for RAID10
diff --git a/Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt b/Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt
index 948b0989c433..948b0989c433 100755..100644
--- a/Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hid/hid-sensor.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 406d82d5d2bb..3edb4c2887a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Protocol 2.10: (Kernel 2.6.31) Added a protocol for relaxed alignment
Protocol 2.11: (Kernel 3.6) Added a field for offset of EFI handover
protocol entry point.
+Protocol 2.12: (Kernel 3.9) Added the xloadflags field and extension fields
+ to struct boot_params for for loading bzImage and ramdisk
+ above 4G in 64bit.
+
**** MEMORY LAYOUT
The traditional memory map for the kernel loader, used for Image or
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
0235/1 2.10+ min_alignment Minimum alignment, as a power of two
-0236/2 N/A pad3 Unused
+0236/2 2.12+ xloadflags Boot protocol option flags
0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line
023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture
0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data
@@ -582,6 +586,27 @@ Protocol: 2.10+
misaligned kernel. Therefore, a loader should typically try each
power-of-two alignment from kernel_alignment down to this alignment.
+Field name: xloadflags
+Type: read
+Offset/size: 0x236/2
+Protocol: 2.12+
+
+ This field is a bitmask.
+
+ Bit 0 (read): XLF_KERNEL_64
+ - If 1, this kernel has the legacy 64-bit entry point at 0x200.
+
+ Bit 1 (read): XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G
+ - If 1, kernel/boot_params/cmdline/ramdisk can be above 4G.
+
+ Bit 2 (read): XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_32
+ - If 1, the kernel supports the 32-bit EFI handoff entry point
+ given at handover_offset.
+
+ Bit 3 (read): XLF_EFI_HANDOVER_64
+ - If 1, the kernel supports the 64-bit EFI handoff entry point
+ given at handover_offset + 0x200.
+
Field name: cmdline_size
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x238/4
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
index cf5437deda81..199f453cb4de 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
090/010 ALL hd1_info hd1 disk parameter, OBSOLETE!!
0A0/010 ALL sys_desc_table System description table (struct sys_desc_table)
0B0/010 ALL olpc_ofw_header OLPC's OpenFirmware CIF and friends
+0C0/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_image ramdisk_image high 32bits
+0C4/004 ALL ext_ramdisk_size ramdisk_size high 32bits
+0C8/004 ALL ext_cmd_line_ptr cmd_line_ptr high 32bits
140/080 ALL edid_info Video mode setup (struct edid_info)
1C0/020 ALL efi_info EFI 32 information (struct efi_info)
1E0/004 ALL alk_mem_k Alternative mem check, in KB
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
1E9/001 ALL eddbuf_entries Number of entries in eddbuf (below)
1EA/001 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buf_entries Number of entries in edd_mbr_sig_buffer
(below)
+1EF/001 ALL sentinel Used to detect broken bootloaders
290/040 ALL edd_mbr_sig_buffer EDD MBR signatures
2D0/A00 ALL e820_map E820 memory map table
(array of struct e820entry)